Festivals

Gateshead beer festival is ran over the May Day Bank holiday weekend (3rd to the 5th of May this year), They have about 60 pumps on at any one time and over the space of the weekend they should have about 140 different beers available. They are supporting local brewer and breweries from across the […]

Last week saw lots of thirsty beer lovers descend on Staveley in Cumbria for the latest instalment in the Hawkshead Beer Festival. We arrived early afternoon on the Thursday after a quick trip round Ambleside and setting up camp at the excellent Pound Farm Campsite just over 2 miles from the Brewery in a little village called […]

Over 130 beers plus more than 30 cliders and perries will be available at Northumbria University Student Union, 2 Sandyford Road, NE1 8SB. On Wednesday 18th the doors open at 18:00 and close at 22:30 Thursday 12:00 til 22:30 Friday 12:00 til 22:30 Saturday 12:00 to 17:00 Entry is £3 per session unless you have a […]

This Easter Sunday Bacchus in Newcastle is the place to be as it’s their Easter Beer festival, not only that it’s the presentation of ‘CAMRA Tyneside Pub Of The Year 2012’. The festival starts at 12 noon and runs until 22:30 with the CAMRA presentation likely to be soon after opening. Bacchus will be offering […]

Saltburn Beer Festival organised by Cleveland CAMRA as part of the town’s 150 celebrations. This event will be opened by Sharon Wilson, Saltburn’s Town Crier at Saltburn Community Centre. There will be 35 ales from different parts of the UK and 9 ciders and perries. There will also be local fruit wine, soft drinks and […]

This festival will be the 30th that as been held at The Cook and to acknowledge this achievement ALL 30 ALES, CIDERS AND PERRY WILL BE PRICED AT £2.00 A PINT ON THE OPENING DAY Kick off will be at 11 am on Thursday 3rd November and will run till midnight Sunday 6th. ENTRY IS […]

Just received the following press release, it sounds quite interesting as we don’t see enough Dark Star beers up here. Tilleys Bar, at 105 Westgate Road in Newcastle, is part of The Head Of Steam group of renowned pubs. During October, it is going to have a life-changing experience; it will, effectively, become a Dark […]

I’ve just realised that it’s now nearly a month since the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) at Earls Court and then realised that I’d not written about it, party because I’ve been so busy since getting back but mainly because It was such a whirlwind of a day that I no matter what I write […]